Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formNARROW, LENSING
Ore controlPyrite Found Disseminated Through The Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Where It Is Silicified And Altered
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockArkose
Associated rockMonzonite
StructureSan Xavier Thrust Fault Block.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1880
Last production1943
Identification
Deposit ID10039582
MRDS IDM050370
Alternate namesOlive, New Olivette, Corda Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.96234, -111.09513
References
KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 136 .MAYUGA, M. N., 1942 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELMET PEAK AREA, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ., PHD THESIS P. 108 - 111 .WILSON, E. D., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART 1 : ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156 , P. 48 .WALLER, H.E., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE PAYMASTER AND OLIVETTE MINING AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZ: M.S. THISES, UNIV OF ARIZABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 136 .